Group photo of trainees and lecturing experts

Report from China Deep Foundation Engineering Network In the heat of summer, despite the sweltering weather and typhoon rainstorms in some cities, the trainees of the first Advanced Training Program of the Foundation Engineering Academy were undeterred. From July 27 to 28, they gathered at the Institute of Foundation Engineering of the China Academy of Building Research to embark together on the third course of the program, successfully completing two days of training and study.

Course Schedule for the Third Session

This session featured rich content, covering classroom teaching, multimedia live-streamed teaching, and engineering practice teaching, fully embodying the Foundation Engineering Academy's collaborative teaching philosophy of 'industry, academia, research, and application' and igniting the trainees' enthusiasm for learning. The strong faculty and diversified teaching modes provided the trainees with a rich learning experience.

Accessible and easy-to-understand classroom teaching

Classroom teaching in progress

The classroom teaching was delivered by two renowned experts from the Institute of Foundation Engineering of the China Academy of Building Research: Researcher Teng Yanjing and Researcher Wang Shuguang. Both have long been engaged in research on foundation engineering technology and have led numerous foundation engineering design consulting projects, pile foundation projects, and ground treatment projects, while also serving as chief editor or contributing editor of multiple national and industry standards.

Researcher Teng Yanjing lecturing

Researcher Teng Yanjing lectured on 'Basic Concepts and Principles of Building Foundation Design,' with the course content divided into two parts. The part on 'New Theoretical Advances in Building Foundation Design' covered multiple aspects including the basic concepts of foundations, the main content of foundation design, the 'conceptual design' of foundations, new advances in foundation design theory, and analytical methods of modern soil mechanics. In the second part, he discussed the engineering characteristics of foundation soils related to the construction process, including those related to stress history, in-situ and laboratory tests for obtaining foundation design parameters, experimental research on rebound and recompression deformation of foundation soils, and experimental research on the engineering characteristics of unloading stress paths in foundation soils during excavation.

Researcher Wang Shuguang lecturing

Researcher Wang Shuguang's course topic was 'Analysis of Hot Issues in the Code for Design of Building Foundations (GB50007-2011),' covering the historical evolution of the foundation code, the characteristics of foundation engineering, foundation bearing capacity, deformation control design, and foundation stiffness issues.

Trainees completing the course

During the classes, trainees actively asked questions and shared the difficulties they encountered in their practical work, receiving detailed answers from the two experts.

Interesting and innovative live-streamed teaching

Experts face to face

To enrich the course content, the Foundation Engineering Academy incorporated the second session of its 'Experts Face to Face' event, which attracted widespread attention and discussion among industry professionals.

Interactive session

This session specially invited three renowned industry experts and scholars: Researcher Huang Xiaokun, Chief Engineer of CABR Technology Co., Ltd.; Professor-level Senior Engineer Wei Lijin; and Researcher Wang Shuguang of the Institute of Foundation Engineering of the China Academy of Building Research. Under the moderation of Researcher Gao Wensheng, Director of the Institute of Foundation Engineering of the China Academy of Building Research, the experts engaged in in-depth exchanges in a relaxed, informal discussion format around the 'General Code for Building and Municipal Foundation Engineering,' sharing their views and insights and discussing related issues in the foundation engineering field in detail, providing professional answers to participating online viewers.

The discussion covered multiple aspects, including changes in the code system, the drafting process of the general code and its relationship with current relevant standards. In addition, the experts discussed the consultation opinions collected since the general code was promulgated and implemented. This discussion format made complex professional knowledge vivid and easy to understand, effectively promoting interaction and learning among industry peers.

Vivid on-site engineering teaching

Trainees posing for a group photo at the Xintian Tangshan LNG Project Department of HQC Beijing Company

On the second day of the course, the academic affairs team of the Foundation Engineering Academy led the trainees to the Xintian Tangshan LNG Project of HQC Beijing Company for on-site learning. In this teaching segment, the focus was on visiting and studying the construction site of the core technology of intelligent digital information-based stiffened composite piles.

On-site engineering teaching

Professor Deng Yaguang, founder of the stiffened composite pile; Director Li Jinguang and Engineer Zhu Musen of HQC Beijing Company; respectively introduced the project background, as well as the trial pile scheme design, trial pile finite element analysis, pile foundation scheme, and finite element analysis of the stiffened composite pile in this project. The verification showed that the vertical bearing capacity, horizontal bearing capacity, settlement, stability, and corrosion resistance of the stiffened composite pile all meet the design requirements of LNG tanks, successfully supporting the safe production of the Xintian Tangshan LNG Project.

Exchange and learning

Trainees actively consulted the experts, making full use of every learning opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of the relevant technologies.

With the support of the strong faculty and diversified teaching modes, the two-day third session of the first Advanced Training Flagship Program of the Foundation Engineering Academy concluded successfully, and the trainees gained a great deal!

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